Rail-joint



0. FREIMARK.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1. 1919.

1,327,541., Patented Jan. 6,1920.

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RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-7.1919.

1,327,541. Patented Jan. 6,1920;

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RAIL-JOINT.

sadism of Letters Patent.

Patented Jail. 6, 1920.

Application filed mam 7, 1919. Serial No. 275,596.

To all whom it mag camera:

citiZen of theUnited States, residing at Martin, in the, county of Ottawa and seize of Ohio, have invented new and useful Ina provem'ents 1n Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification. I p y This invention relates to nnprovements'in the construction of railway rai1s.-

An object of the invention is to produce a compound rail wherein-the joints between the foot and head members will be broken throughout the length of the track and consequently the sinking of one of the members independent of the other will be effectively overcome.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a compound rail in which the foot sections are centrally formed with enlargements or ribs and in which the edges of the said foot portions are provided with upstanding flanges, while the head sections are centrally channeled to receive the ribs of the foot sections and are provided with outstanding members received between the ribs and flanges of the foot sections whereby the web portions of the rails are materially reinforced and strengthened so that the rails will withstand the heavy shocks and jars produced by the rolling stock passing thereover without danger of injury to the central or web portion of the rail.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a compound rail constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view' thereof.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view upon a greatly enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 2 also on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the foot sections.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of one of the head sections.

The rail is made up of foot sections 10 and head sections 11.

The foot sections each include a widened base portion 12. the under face of which being straight and which is formed, at the edges thereof with upstanding flanges 13.

thereof are centrally fori iied with upwardly 14;. .The, ribs'or flanges 11 aresubstantially v-sta ea in cross section, being provided with ,opposite inclined sides 15 directed outwardly from the 'flattop 16 of the said portions 14. The upperface of the base'12 of '7 thefoot portions is inclin ed, a's'at l7, fronr its juncture with the rib or flange tothe outer flanges 13, the said surfaces 17 being I r r j H j The fkiot sections, upon the upper faces Be it known that 1, O'r'ro Fnnnmnn, a. i i k H j I project ng portions in the nature of ribs arranged at a downward angle from theiib 14c of the flanges 13. The ribs 14;, at desired spaced intervals are provided with transverse elongated openings 18.

The head sections include each a head or ball 19 having, upon the under face thereof a depending web portion 20. The web, at its juncture with the ball 19 is comparatively thick and formed with the web are downwardly arranged outwardly inclined side plates 21 designed to contact or rest against the inclined sides 15 of the rib portions 14: of the foot members 10. The side members are of a greater width than the height of the rib 14:, so that the upper straight wall 16 of the said rib does not contact with the connecting wall 22 formed on the under face of the web 20 between the side plates 21.. The plates 21 terminate in angularly disposed downwardly inclined flanges 23 that rest upon the inclined surfaces 17 upon the upper face of the base of the foot members, and the outer straight edges 24 of the said flanges 22 contact with the inner faces of the flanges 13 of the foot members 10.

The side plates 20 are provided with elongated openings 25 which aline with the openings 18 in the rib portions of the foot members, and passing through these alining openings are securing elements in the nature of bolts 26 and nuts 27 therefor.

Suitable spikes 28 have their head portions 29 overlying the flanges 13 and 23, the inner faces of the shanks thereof contacting with the outer surface of the base portions of the foot members and entering the supporting ties 30 for the rails.

By reference to the drawings-it will be noted that the confronting ends of the foot portions of the rail are disposed away from the confronting ends of the head-portions of the rails, so that the joint between the sections constituting the rail are broken throughout the length thereof. It is to be noted that the ends of the offset or flanged portions 23 of the side plates of the head sections contact with the inner faces of the flanges 13 of the foot portions of the rails and that a considerable space is left between the upper surface of the ribs 14: and the connecting wallbetween the side plates of the head portions.

From the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings, it will be noted that the foot portions of the rail are cent-rally reinforced by the ribs thereof, and that the side members of the head portions engaging the sides of the ribs and the flanges at the edges of the said foot portions tend to produce a rail which has the central or web portion thereof niaterially reinforced or strengthened, and in which, as above stated, the joints between the head and foot portions may be broken throughout. V a 1 y r Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a compound rail, a foot section and a head section arranged thereon, said head having its web provided with angular extensions in the nature of plates, the lower edges of which being extended downwardly and outwardly, the base having a central substantially V-shaped rib received between the plates, said basehaving its upper surface, outward of the'rib arranged at oppo site inclinations, the edges of the base having upstanding flanges designed to contact with the edges of the outturned portions of the plates, securing elements passing loosely through the plates and rib, spikes arranged upon the outer edges of the base and overlying the flanges thereon, and the angle extensions of the side plates of the web.-

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

' OTTO FRE-IMARK. 

